{"id":70973,"date":"2024-04-20T11:05:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T11:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=70973"},"modified":"2024-04-20T11:05:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T11:05:54","slug":"which-dam-is-built-on-the-godavari-river-in-telangana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-dam-is-built-on-the-godavari-river-in-telangana\/","title":{"rendered":"Which dam is built on the Godavari River in Telangana?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Hirakud Dam&#8221; option2=&#8221;Sardar Sarovar Dam&#8221; option3=&#8221;Nagarjuna Sagar Dam&#8221; option4=&#8221;Sriram Sagar Dam&#8221; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is: C) Nagarjuna Sagar Dam.<\/p>\n<p>The Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a gravity dam on the Godavari River in Telangana, India. It is the second largest dam in India by volume and the largest hydroelectric power station in India. The dam was built between 1955 and 1969 and was inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru on 17 November 1969.<\/p>\n<p>The dam is 1,960 meters long and 88 meters high. It has a gross storage capacity of 80.7 tmcft and a live storage capacity of 58.5 tmcft. The dam generates 800 MW of hydroelectric power.<\/p>\n<p>The dam has been controversial since its construction. It has been blamed for displacing thousands of people and for causing environmental problems. However, the dam has also been credited with providing irrigation water to millions of people and with generating electricity.<\/p>\n<p>The other options are incorrect because:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hirakud Dam is a dam on the Mahanadi River in Odisha, India.<\/li>\n<li>Sardar Sarovar Dam is a dam on the Narmada River in Gujarat, India.<\/li>\n<li>Sriram Sagar Dam is a dam on the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh, India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Hirakud Dam&#8221; option2=&#8221;Sardar Sarovar Dam&#8221; option3=&#8221;Nagarjuna Sagar Dam&#8221; option4=&#8221;Sriram Sagar Dam&#8221; correct=&#8221;option3&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[994],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-telangana-and-karnataka-gk-mcq","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Which dam is built on the Godavari River in Telangana?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-dam-is-built-on-the-godavari-river-in-telangana\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Which dam is built on the Godavari River in Telangana?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Hirakud Dam&#8221; 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